At the same time that Li Yanqing used a plan to seize Yuncheng County, the situation in Jeju also took a turn for the worse because of the arrival of the imperial transport fleet, which brought 300 trebuchets to the official army, although the power of this trebuchet was not strong enough to destroy the city wall, but it was specially developed for the earth-shaking thunder, and its arrival brought the opportunity for the official army to raid the Yangsan military camp.

Of course, the more important reason is that Li Yanqing captured Yuncheng County, and the seed master felt that the time was ripe to attack.

At the beginning of night, the army of the Seed Master Dao was divided into two routes, and the Seed Master Dao personally led 10,000 officers and troops to bypass Juye County and quickly advance in the direction of the Songjiang camp, which was actually a surprise attack, Juye County was about twenty miles away from the main military camp of the Liangshan Army, while Lu Junyi's military camp in Rencheng County was about fifty miles away from the main military camp of Songjiang.

Although on the surface, Juye County and the main military camp of the Liangshan Army were horns of each other, but the army of Juye County did not dare to send troops out of the city to help easily, and the distance between the military camp of Rencheng County and the main camp was too far, and it would take at least half a day to rush over fifty miles.

In front of the team were the 3,000 infantry led by the vanguard Suo Chao, who drove 50 double-oxen carts loaded with 50 trebuchets, followed by 4,000 crossbow troops, which was the first round of onslaught after the Liangshan army fought out of Dazhai.

Behind the crossbow army is 3,000 heavy armored infantry, which is a strong force composed of elites selected by the division, good at hand-to-hand combat, and 10,000 spear infantry under the leadership of the veteran Zong Ze waiting for an opportunity to attack, they will be the main force attacking the enemy camp, and will also ambush the reinforcements of Juye County.

Zhang Shuye led 5,000 troops to hold the camp to prevent the enemy from stealing the camp in the opposite way.

When about 300 paces away from the Liangshan army camp, the officers and troops stopped advancing, the wilderness here is more than ten miles wide, it is the best position for the two armies to fight, with Suo Chao's order, the soldiers have started to lift the trebuchet off the cart, and fifty long-pole trebuchets quickly appeared on the high ground three hundred steps away.

Just when the official army was gradually approaching the camp of the Liangshan army, the Liangshan army was also actively preparing for defense, Song Jiang and Wu Yong appeared on the camp wall together, at this time Song Jiang was very worried about the situation in Juye County, he was afraid that Lin Chong would be hot-headed and lead the army to support the camp, so that the city of Juye County would be empty, and it would be the enemy army.

Song Jiang had already sent someone to inform Lin Chong that he would not move, and it stands to reason that there should be news sent back, but there has been no news yet, which makes Song Jiang extremely worried, is there something wrong in Juye County? Or was his own messenger intercepted by enemy troops?

Song Jiang was worried and worried, but today's generals on duty, Dong Ping and Li Kui, did not think so far, their attention was all on the officers and soldiers in front, and after observing for a long time, Dong Ping ran back and asked Wu Yongdao: "The spies said that the enemy army only had 10,000 people to attack, but they chose to attack at night. ”

Wu Yong sighed softly, "Frankly speaking, I don't know, I thought that the Seed Master Dao would stand still, but now they are out to attack, which makes me puzzled, I think the Seed Master Dao has always been scheming, if he is not sure, he should not attack at night, he must be relied on, we must not be careless." ”

"Is it a siege for reinforcements?"

Song Jiang finally couldn't help but speak, the official army only has 10,000 troops, and the army can't capture his own camp with this point, so what about the other armies? Song Jiang suddenly became a little nervous, "Military Division, if I guess correctly, the other 10,000 troops must be ambushed outside Juye County, just wait for Lin Chong to lead the army out of the city to aid the camp." ”

Not only Song Jiang, but almost all the generals were extremely afraid of the various strategies of the cultivation master, and in the past two days, many generals have asked to withdraw their troops back to Yunzhou and defend Xucheng County, so as to respond to all changes without change.

At this time, the general Li Kui didn't care whether the other party had any plans, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "No matter what conspiracy they have, in front of our thunderbolt artillery, everything will turn into powder." ”

Li Kuifei ran forward and shouted, "Thunderbolt ready!" ”

This was the first time that the Liang Shan army had used firearms, and their firearms were thunderbolt cannons, which fired thin-shelled thunderbolts that looked like coconuts.

The thunderbolt is the primary version of the earth-shattering thunder, not only very small, but also very thin skin, generally wooden shells, which is also the explosive intensity of gunpowder is not strong enough, can not explode the iron shell, and the shock wave is not strong, so it is generally mixed with iron nails, quenched iron sheets or lime, this kind of thunderbolt cannon is very weak in lethality, often only plays a role in disturbing the enemy.

Thirty artillery squeaked open, and the soldiers of the Liangshan Army put the five-pound thunderbolt cannon into the firing pocket, at this time, Li Kui's eyes fell on the lookout tower next to the gate, if there is a fire on the four-zhang high lookout tower, it means that the enemy has entered the firing range, and Li Kui is waiting for this moment.

At that moment, torches were lit on the belvedere.

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Immediately behind the crossbowmen, he looked at the swarthy Liangshan army camp from a distance, and although the moonlight was dim, he could still faintly see the two observation towers standing on both sides of the gate, as well as the flickering firelight on the towers.

Today is the first battle of the main force of the official army to attack the Liangshan army, this battle is very important to him, related to the morale of tens of thousands of soldiers and the follow-up strategic plan, he does not plan to directly capture the Liangshan army camp, but he wants to put strong pressure on Song Jiang and the soldiers of the Liangshan army, cooperate with the impact of Li Yanqing's capture of Yuncheng, and finally force Song Jiang to retreat north.

If there was no earth-shaking thunder and a new type of trebuchet sent by the imperial court, he could only use the means of strong attack to attack the Liangshan army camp at any cost, and now with the earth-shaking thunder and the new trebuchet, his losses will be reduced to at least a minimum, or even no losses, at this moment, he is full of expectations for tonight's battle.

At this time, Suo Chao rushed up, clasped his fists and saluted: "Old General Qiyu, the trebuchet has been equipped, it is confirmed that it is correct, and it can be fired at any time!" ”

Seed Master Dao looked at the swarthy Liangshan Army Dazhai in the distance, nodded, and gave an order, "Launch the fire oil first!" ”

Fifty small trebuchets creaked apart, all the throwing rods were drawn into a bow, and the fire oil in the clay pot was placed in the throwing pocket, which was still inspired by Li Yanqing, and changed to use a thin-skinned clay pot to hold fire oil, a clay pot filled with fire oil weighed forty catties, and the same as the earth-shaking thunder, he was not in a hurry to use the earth-shaking thunder, but first used the fire oil to create momentum.

At this moment, the artillery in the Liangshan army was launched with a bang, and thirty thunderbolt cannons rose into the air, forming a row of black dots, whistling and smashing towards the positions of the officers and soldiers.

The thunderbolt cannon fell to the ground with a bang, and then exploded, the sound was like thunder, the momentum was terrifying, and the white smoke was filled, although the thunderbolt cannon was only fired 200 paces away, but the iron nails and pieces of iron in the cannon burst out in all directions, shooting at the officers and soldiers like a torrential rain.

"Defend with a shield!"

Suo Chao shouted, and the soldiers raised their shields to defend, but many soldiers were still a little slower, and they were hit by iron nails, letting out a miserable scream.

Seed Master Dao Tie blushed and ordered: "Ignore the other party, launch immediately!" ”

"Launch!"

Suo shouted the order, and the soldiers lit the clay pot with torches, although the clay pot was sealed with mud, because the outside of the clay pot was also coated with fire oil, and the whole clay pot suddenly burst into flames.

Fifty long poles were thrown, fifty blue flames were burning, and they were launched suddenly, only to see a little fire in the air, flying towards the Liangshan military camp, and the advantage of the fire oil was immediately displayed, it would not be extinguished in the air, nor would it be easily splashed out of the mud-sealed thin-necked clay pot, they rolled in the air, and rushed straight to the Liangshan military camp.

"Officers and soldiers attack!"

The soldiers of the Liangshan army shouted one after another, Song Jiang and Wu Yong also saw the fire points in the sky, they were immediately surprised, the official army was able to project the fire pot from four hundred steps away, but before he could think about it, the fire pot had already reached the top of his head, and dozens of guards rushed forward to raise their shields to resist and protect Jiang and Wu Yong.

Just listen to a crackling sound, the clay pots have fallen to the ground, this kind of clay pot is specially made for fire attack, the wall of the pottery is as thin as paper, it will be broken when lightly knocked, together with the fragments of the burning clay pot, splashing everywhere, a fire pot will splash out of dozens, even hundreds of fire balls.

They hit the camp walls, trebuchets, watchtowers, and groups of soldiers, and the Liangshan military camp was immediately set on fire on all sides.

Dong Ping was so anxious that he shouted: "Quickly extinguish the fire!" ”

Although the Liangshan army never used fire oil, it did not mean that they could not extinguish fires, they defeated the court officers and soldiers several times, and they had already learned how to deal with all kinds of firearms and fire oil.

The Liangshan army knew that it was not possible to use water to extinguish the fire, but to use sediment to extinguish the fire, and the Liangshan army camp specially prepared a large amount of fire-fighting sediment, only to see countless soldiers dumping baskets of sediment on the burning oil and stepping on the fire with their feet to extinguish the fire.

But this only extinguished the fire oil that fell to the ground, and the fire that hit the fire cannon and the outer wall of the camp could not be extinguished, at this time, the second batch of fire pots roared again, the clay pots were shattered, countless fire points splashed, the fire borrowed the wind, several fire cannons were engulfed in flames, and the camp wall was also lit with raging fire, thick smoke was filled, many Liangshan soldiers were also stained with burning fire oil, and they shouted in fear, ran for their lives, or rolled on the ground.

At this time, Song Jiang and Wu Yong were surrounded by a sea of fire, several pro-soldiers were unstable, screaming and falling into the fire, Song Jiang was so shocked that he was at a loss, Li Kui's eyes were red, and he pushed everyone away and rushed to the camp wall and shouted, "Big brother, it's too dangerous here, I'll carry you down!" ”